Post By: Rick Hoening
Knock some cents into your head
Major 20 Year Health Study Released: How does this equates to your Home Based Business?
1 Smoking
2 Drinking too much
3. Inactivity
4. Poor diet.
Those habits swing your effective age by as much as 12 years.
This study had some great news:
1. Non-smokers & former smokers
2. People who drink less than 2 drinks per day
3. Those that get 2 hrs of physical activity per week
4. Those who eat *any* kind of fruit, vegetable or even juice 3X/day…
…are literally FOUR TIMES less likely to die than people with the opposite behaviors and live 12 years longer.
The even better news is:
You don’t have to get it perfect all the time. Doing 3 out of 4 most of the time puts you in healthy company just like your home based business.
Just because you have one couch-potato week doesn’t mean you have to make sluggishness a life habit. Minor deviations are all right as long as your daily habits are healthy since it is your home based business.
So it is in Home Based Business. If you’re a Guerilla Marketer in 2010, here’s my list of deadly habits:
1. The Home based business equivalent of smoking is: Ingesting your seed money.
There’s an old proverb that says, “Build your barn before you build your house.” A lot of folks take profits out of their business too early.
If you just returned from a Mediterranean Cruise and you’re 3 weeks behind on your work and your cash is depleted, it’s kind of hard to embark on a brand new initiative and make that investment.
Sure, everybody needs some down time. But when you’re in a startup mode, you can’t afford to be lavish. Those small, unswerving investments will fund many cruises further down the road.
I’ve noticed that people who double up on their business investments just as those profits are starting to kick in, experience exponential expansion that continues long after that first surge.
2. The Home based business equivalent of drinking too much is: Taking uncalculated risks.
In investing, the best way to make a lot of money is simply to not do anything that causes all your money to disappear!
Before you jump into any swimming pool, please check that there’s water in it first. Most businesses are about 3 risky decisions away from financial ruin.
Most risks can be reasonably assessed, but most of the time when we assess them we’re in a heightened emotional state, not thinking clearly.
3. The Home Based business equivalent of being a couch potato is: Spending time with losers.
This includes hanging on discussion forums with moaners, complainers & critics.
Someone once said, if you look at the typical income of your closest friends, that’s what your income is going to be in 5 years.
Who do you consider your business friends to be?
Who do you spend your time with?
If you’re to succeed, then you MUST surround yourself with the savviest people who will let you hang around.
4. The Home based business equivalent of poor diet is: starving yourself of education.
Online, the supply of “informational junk food” is infinitely vast. Most of it is the nutritional equivalent of a McDonalds McFlurry or less.
Most people would be surprised if they knew how little attention I pay to most of the marketers and business gurus out there. (Or… maybe you wouldn’t.)
It’s especially hard for new people to choose the right things from the vast buffet.
The best strategy is to choose ONE mentor who has a cohesive approach and learn everything you can from him or her, so you’re sure all the pieces fit together.
Some teachers are only there for the paycheck. Others are committed to equipping the next generation with centuries of the best accumulated wisdom.
Choose your friends and mentors wisely. It’s your home based business so run it like a business. Have you looked at the #1 Home Based Business today?
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